People have given up on Ma, poll says

LAME DUCK:A Taiwan Thinktank survey found that Ma’s approval rating had dropped to 19.1%, with 69.9% saying that they were dissatisfied with his performance

By Chris Wang / Staff reporter

“In examination of the ‘three P’s’ — personality, performance and policy — of Ma, it appeared that we could find little optimism about Ma’s future,” Academia Sinica assistant research fellow David Huang (黃偉峰) said.

The poll, conducted between Tuesday and Friday, collected 1,069 valid samples and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points.